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Funny take on Computer Games by our favorite comic David Cross...Man, this guy is everywhere now. Wired 11.11: Games Gone Wild!

Awesome. Love this game. "Poor Bart, he always chooses Rock." - Lisa Simpson "Good 'ol rock." - Bart Simpson TORONTO (Reuters) - The competitors, in glitzy, off-the-wall costumes, call themselves professional athletes. Some even bring along team doctors to supervise their nutrition and take them through intense warmups. This is serious stuff for at least some of the 320 competitors who shook their fists at the World Rock, Paper, Scissors Championships at a nightclub in downtown Toronto. The winner, who netted $3,825, was Toronto's Rob Krueger, a member of the "Legion of the Red Fist" team. He took the lofty title of World RPS Champion with a combination of rock-paper-paper, defeating his opponent's three rocks. Treading a thin line between silly spectacle and serious sport, the event drew a crowd of about 900, including a slew of local and international media. Andy Cumming, 28, flew in from London with five other me...

What steroids can do... Drug Test

I've seen this before, but I just looked at it again. Where the hell is that plane? Pentagon : Hunt the Boeing! And test your perceptions! - L'Asile utopique - www.asile.org

People are saying that the Diebold voter machines had something to do with the 2000 Presidential elections. Another conspiracy theory? Very interesting read....my favorite quote: Gore called Bush and Gore’s staff surrounded the vice president to listen in on what would become a historic conversation at 2:30 a.m. “Circumstances have changed dramatically since I first called you,” Gore said to Bush, Toobin wrote. “The state of Florida is too close to call.” “Are you saying what I think you’re saying?” Bush asked according to Toobin. “Let me make sure that I understand. You’re calling back to retract that concession?” Gore sensed an annoyance in Bush’s tone and shot back “you don’t have to be snippy about it." Scoop: Diebold Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting Fraud

Another person was executed since I last posted about the "last meal" page on the Texas Department of Justice website. This guy had two double bacon cheesburgers, while the previous guy had a chicken fried steak... Execution: 310 Link: Offender Information Last Name: Hayes First Name: Larry TDCJ Number: 999358 Date: 09/10/2003 Final Meal Request: Two bacon double cheeseburgers, French fries, onion rings, ketchup, cole slaw, two diet Cokes, one quart of milk, one pint of rocky road ice cream, one pint of fried okra, salad dressing, tomato, and onion

This is really cool data, looking at what neighborhoods, races, etc. own what kind of dogs in the city... New York's Top Dog? It Depends on the ZIP Code